Grass Valley Xpanel Vertigo Suite v.4.8 - Manual (Page 78)

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Building and editing panels
Positioning objects using Spacing commands
Use the H ORIZONTAL S PACING and/or V ERTICAL S PACING commands to quickly make the
spacing equal between objects, as well as to increase, decrease or remove the spacing all
together.
Figure 4-18. Xpanel’s Horizontal Spacing and Vertical Spacing commands
To adjust the spacing between objects using the Horizontal Spacing and Vertical
Spacing commands:
1.
Select the group of objects that you want to adjust the relative spacing of.
2. Select one of the following commands from the F ORMAT >Horizontal Spacing or
F ORMAT >Vertical Spacing menu.
N OTE
If using the Vertical/Horizontal Spacing command does not produce the results you want,
try to manually rearrange some of the objects and repeat the command.
Menu commands What it does
M AKE E QUAL Horizontal: Makes equal space between the selected objects using
the outermost objects as endpoints.
Vertical: Makes equal space between the selected objects using the
top and bottom objects as the end points.
I NCREASE Increases the horizontal or vertical spacing by one grid unit based on
the primary object.
D ECREASE Decreases the horizontal or vertical spacing by one grid unit based on
the primary object.
R EMOVE Horizontal: Removes the horizontal space so that the objects are
aligned with their edges touching, based on the primary object.
Vertical: Removes the vertical spacing so that the object's borders
are touching, based on the primary object.